The Storm King Ranger Station, also known as the Storm King Guard Station and Morgenroth Cabin, is a historic building located southeast of

Barnes Point Barnes Point is an ancient landslide delta that juts out into Lake Crescent in Clallam County, Washington. As one of the few areas of relatively flat ground near Lake Crescent, it hosts Lake Crescent Lodge, the Storm King Ranger Station of Olympi ...

, on south shore of

Lake Crescent Lake Crescent is a deep lake located entirely within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, United States, approximately west of Port Angeles on U.S. Route 101 and nearby to the small community of Piedmont. At an official maxim ...

, about southwest of Port Angeles, Washington. The

ranger station A ranger station is a building complex typically including a dwelling and outbuildings which support a ranger or other guardian of a wilderness or national forest area. For example, the Cold Meadows Guard Station in Idaho County, Idaho, United S ...

is part of the Olympic National Park. The station was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2007. and The building was remodeled in 1937 and in 1979 the east wall and chimney were destroyed when a tractor loader broke loose and hit the building. In 1984 the building was relocated a short distance away from the Olympic Highway (SR-101) and the shore of Lake Crescent, and extensive deterioration was found in many of the exterior logs which were completely restored. The building is significant also for its connection with Chris Morgenroth, an early Bogachiel River settler and one of the first Forest Service Rangers in Olympic Peninsula, who became district ranger of the Olympic National Forest and an advocate for the creation of the Olympic National Park. File:Storm King Ranger Station in winter.JPG, Storm King Ranger Station in winter File:MountStormKingRangerStation (cropped).jpg, Storm King Ranger Station in 2010

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* * Ranger stations in Olympic National Park Buildings and structures in Clallam County, Washington Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in Washington (state) United States Forest Service ranger stations National Register of Historic Places in Clallam County, Washington 1905 establishments in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Olympic National Park {{Washington-struct-stub